Foster Kamer
@foster.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Futurism. Freelance: NYT, GQ, Best American Food Writing. Publisher of FOSTERTALK, your favorite newsletter’s favorite newsletter. foster.substack.com
NEW: Grammarly has changed its mind on its "Expert Review" feature that's been blatantly impersonating writers without their sign-off futurism.com/artificial-i...
Grammarly Pulls Down Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission
Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.
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“Lewis could’ve scored ten podiums, and that first podium would’ve been equally as good. I promise there’s nothing — nothing — about Ferrari, nothing about Lewis that makes that podium any better than what it is.” — Carlos Sainz to @foster.bsky.social in @essesmag.com Issue 05 📸 Bilal Zagaoui
Kash Patel’s girlfriend is exactly the sort of country singer you’d think she’d be. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
HELLO FROM THE SEMAFOR MEDIA SUMMIT WHERE I WILL LIVE YEET SOME SHIT TALK BIG MAX TANI IS INTERVIEWING MATT MURRAY RIGHT NOW AND FIRST QUESTION HE ASKS IF HE REGRETS TAKING THE JOB LOL
The @pablo.show x FOSTERTALK collab the world was waiting for over a year on? Some people have thoughts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZv...
Do not let this incredible day for American sports go by without listening to this beautiful story about Rony Seikaly—DJ Rony Seikaly—stepping up for Magic Johnson when he needed it the most.
Pablo Torre@pablo.show · 6mo agoThe untold story of what Rony Seikaly did for Magic Johnson, behind closed doors, is incredible. And the reason why Seikaly decided to do it — which he discusses on PTFO, with @foster.bsky.social, for the first time — is even more powerful. Especially today: youtu.be/xdZvVMgSzTw?...
Very excited to watch this deep look at Magic Johnson from @pablo.show and @foster.bsky.social
Pablo Torre@pablo.show · 6mo agoThe untold story of what Rony Seikaly did for Magic Johnson, behind closed doors, is incredible. And the reason why Seikaly decided to do it — which he discusses on PTFO, with @foster.bsky.social, for the first time — is even more powerful. Especially today: youtu.be/xdZvVMgSzTw?...
The untold story of what Rony Seikaly did for Magic Johnson, behind closed doors, is incredible. And the reason why Seikaly decided to do it — which he discusses on PTFO, with @foster.bsky.social, for the first time — is even more powerful. Especially today: youtu.be/xdZvVMgSzTw?...
Magic Johnson, Rony Seikaly and a Hidden Act of Courage, Revealed | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 6mo agoSCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Yet another utterly phenomenal piece of reporting by @mharrisondupre.bsky.social (and edited by the great @jonchristian.net) on the dangerously spiderwebbing impact of ChatGPT and its ilk on people’s psyches.
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives. futurism.com/artificial-i...
If this is the album cover you're gonna die in the mosh pit.
Good Trailcams@goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 6mo ago
From my perspective, Woodworking has done far more to get readers to understand trans people than all of the journalism I did on the topic. But "getting someone to empathize" is a different thing from "explaining the facts of a situation," and one fiction is uniquely calibrated to do well.
There was an NY Mag piece from early in the pandemic about how badly a Covid-19 infection could turn out, which was way more effective in getting me to lock down, wear masks, etc., because of how my brain works. But that was clearly labeled as an invented scenario, based on a lot of research.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6mo agoBruenig gave an interview defending the choice and says what's already clear from the text. I have a feeling, though, that presenting these medical facts as part of a fictional scenario vastly dilutes its impact. If it's made up, would anyone change their minds? www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
If Elizabeth Bruenig weren’t Elizabeth Bruenig but instead were Michael Pollan or Ed Yong, the reaction to her Atlantic story would be vastly different. It’s a unique take on a well-established narrative that could cut across lines reported stories don’t reach. Also, you all gotta chill.
Lol that Pepperdine - no doubt a MAGA SoCal stronghold - is on there. Classic Hegseth incompetence at play
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6mo agoHegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
"'I have nothing to lose' said the bronze medalist" is a COLD line
we're all going through something
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6mo agonew most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
Watching the Grammys and what is this megachurch ass bullshit
It's funny how the culture change in Silicon Valley and the decline of exciting, actually disruptive products being produced by Silicon Valley, happened at the same time.
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 6mo agowww.ft.com/content/d0b7... No thank you.
Good idea to turnaround The Washington Post: Start by firing Will Lewis, who hasn’t made anything profitable
Bunch of people mad about fascism who thought not voting was a good way to fight fascism and genocide by showing how big mad you are, ‘fuck outta here
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
The US has transformed from a (sorta) functioning democracy into a poster regime, a rogue troll state, fueled by internet clout. And the abduction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely just the beginning. www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...
